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EC2 Price Comparison

Compare 30+ popular EC2 instance types side by side. Filter by family, vCPUs, and memory. Sort by on-demand, reserved, or spot pricing to find the best value for your workload.

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EC2 Instance Price Comparison

us-east-1 pricing

Compare EC2 instance types by vCPUs, memory, and pricing. Filter, sort, and find the best value for your workload.

Family

Min vCPUs

Max vCPUs

Min Memory (GiB)

Max Memory (GiB)

Matching instances

Cheapest match

t3.nano

On-Demand /hr

$0.0052

Reserved savings

40%

Spot savings

69%

Instance Type	vCPUs	Memory (GiB)	Storage	Network	On-Demand/hr ↑	Reserved 1yr/hr	Spot Est./hr	Savings
t3.nanocheapest	2	0.5	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0052	$0.0031	$0.0016	RI: 40% \| Spot: 69%
t3.micro	2	1	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0104	$0.0063	$0.0031	RI: 39% \| Spot: 70%
t3.small	2	2	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0208	$0.0125	$0.0063	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
t3a.medium	2	4	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0376	$0.0225	$0.0113	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
t3.medium	2	4	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0416	$0.0250	$0.0125	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
t3a.large	2	8	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0752	$0.0451	$0.0226	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
t3.large	2	8	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.0832	$0.0499	$0.0250	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
c5.large	2	4	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.0850	$0.0510	$0.0300	RI: 40% \| Spot: 65%
c6i.large	2	4	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.0850	$0.0520	$0.0290	RI: 39% \| Spot: 66%
m5.large	2	8	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.0960	$0.0570	$0.0340	RI: 41% \| Spot: 65%
m6i.large	2	8	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.0960	$0.0580	$0.0330	RI: 40% \| Spot: 66%
r5.large	2	16	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.1260	$0.0750	$0.0380	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
r6i.large	2	16	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.1260	$0.0760	$0.0370	RI: 40% \| Spot: 71%
t3.xlarge	4	16	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.1664	$0.0999	$0.0500	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
c5.xlarge	4	8	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.1700	$0.1020	$0.0600	RI: 40% \| Spot: 65%
c6i.xlarge	4	8	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.1700	$0.1030	$0.0580	RI: 39% \| Spot: 66%
m5.xlarge	4	16	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.1920	$0.1140	$0.0680	RI: 41% \| Spot: 65%
m6i.xlarge	4	16	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.1920	$0.1150	$0.0650	RI: 40% \| Spot: 66%
r5.xlarge	4	32	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.2520	$0.1500	$0.0760	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
r6i.xlarge	4	32	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.2520	$0.1520	$0.0740	RI: 40% \| Spot: 71%
t3.2xlarge	8	32	EBS Only	Up to 5 Gbps	$0.3328	$0.1997	$0.0999	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
c5.2xlarge	8	16	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.3400	$0.2040	$0.1200	RI: 40% \| Spot: 65%
c6i.2xlarge	8	16	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.3400	$0.2060	$0.1160	RI: 39% \| Spot: 66%
m5.2xlarge	8	32	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.3840	$0.2280	$0.1360	RI: 41% \| Spot: 65%
m6i.2xlarge	8	32	EBS Only	Up to 12.5 Gbps	$0.3840	$0.2300	$0.1300	RI: 40% \| Spot: 66%
r5.2xlarge	8	64	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.5040	$0.3000	$0.1520	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
c5.4xlarge	16	32	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.6800	$0.4080	$0.2400	RI: 40% \| Spot: 65%
m5.4xlarge	16	64	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$0.7680	$0.4560	$0.2720	RI: 41% \| Spot: 65%
r5.4xlarge	16	128	EBS Only	Up to 10 Gbps	$1.0080	$0.6000	$0.3040	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
c5.9xlarge	36	72	EBS Only	12 Gbps	$1.5300	$0.9180	$0.4600	RI: 40% \| Spot: 70%
m5.8xlarge	32	128	EBS Only	10 Gbps	$1.5360	$0.9120	$0.4600	RI: 41% \| Spot: 70%

Tips

✔Prices shown are estimated for us-east-1. Actual prices may vary.
✔Reserved Instance pricing assumes 1-year No Upfront commitment.
✔Spot prices fluctuate. Use Spot for fault-tolerant, flexible workloads.
✔t3/t3a instances are burstable: great for variable workloads, not sustained compute.

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